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40 Elements of Healthy
Development
Diane
Januszkiewicz, High School Counselor
On
January 22, a group from Cle Elum/Roslyn High School
attended a workshop that focused on eight areas of external and internal assets
which promote positive behaviors and attitudes in children and
adolescents. The presenter, Clay
Roberts, shares this list with enthusiasm at every opportunity (including with
his neighbors on flights to and from workshops) and he shared with us his
belief that, “In an ideal world, this list would be sent home from the hospital
with every new parent.”
Please
take a moment to read these assets. Put
them someplace that you will continue to look at them. Which assets can you as a parent, educator,
neighbor, and friend, endorse and support in the young people you know? Get to know the kids in your
neighborhood. Give them opportunities to
be of service in the community.
Celebrate your participation in the lives of our young people. You do make a difference.
The
greatest predictor of success at school is a loving and supportive family. The second highest predictor is a connection
to school. You may say, “This is merely
common sense,” but as Clay Roberts pointed out, “Common sense is not common
practice.”
More information on
Developmental Assets can be found at www.search-institute.org.
Diane Januszkiewicz is a
counselor at Cle Elum/Roslyn High School. Diane has worked as a school counselor for 10
years. She received her MS in Counseling
Psychology from
The
Kittitas County Community Network/Drug Free Communities Coalition and the
Community Network agency, through a federal Drug Free Communities grant, are
implementing the “Start Talking Before They Start
Drinking” campaign as a community service for parents. For more information go to
www.kccn-dfc.com.
